Zoho and Web 2.0

This blog has pretty much sat dormant since Winter, but of course, the same week I plan to start using it again, is the week my school joins the list of those who block blogger and Google Docs. But I'm one step ahead, and can still enjoy the benefits of Zoho.com.

I haven't gotten through much of it yet, but I'm finding www.go2web20.net to be quite a entertaining time killer. So far the app with the most potential is firefly, however I've had limited success with it working on my Ubuntu machine at school. If it works, it would be great for a webquest-type activity in class.

Also interesting (although I didn't find it on go2web20) is blurb.com. Think cafepress.com for books. One of their recommendations is to create books based on blog entries. Perhaps this will be in hard copy someday.

Blog post about Zoho

Google Docs is a well-known "cloud application" that serves as a suite that can be accessed anytime, anywhere (like having everything saved onto a flash drive, but without ever having to worry about it going through the wash). Only problem is that a few sneaky students figured out that it can also be used as a web proxy to get around school restricted sites, so now it too is getting put on the blocked list. While my school isn't quite there yet, I'm sure it's only a matter of time, so I decided to invest myself in a different application bundle, zoho.com. And as an added bonus, you can supposedly type in Zoho, and have it post right to a blog. That's really the only reason why I typed this - to see if it would post. So if you're still reading this, you're a bigger sucker than I thought.

This post is really just an excuse to show off a neat site I found. Animoto.com auto generates an image slideshow similar to what can be done in Windows PhotoStory. Kind of fun to play with.